Japan Select Catalogue Online

[Wandering Eyes]

At a time when Japanese pedigrees are very much in the spotlight worldwide, the Japan Racing Horse Association has released the catalogue for its Select Sale of foals and yearlings on July 9 and 10 in Hokkaido.

Saxon Warrior (Jpn) gave flagship Japanese sire Deep Impact (Jpn) a first British Classic winner when taking the G1 2000 Guineas on May 5, and he will keep his sire in the spotlight with a bid for the G1 Investec Derby on June 2. On the same day that Saxon Warrior won the Guineas, Select Sale graduate Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) won the GI Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. Japanese-breds have also continued to excel in Australia: Select Sale graduate Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) won a pair of Group 1s last spring, while Brave Smash (Jpn) (Tosen Phantom {Jpn}) won the G1 Futurity S. in February.

The yearling session, which takes place on July 9, includes 243 yearlings including a first-crop American Pharoah colt out of the GI Santa Anita Oaks winner Crisp (El Corredor). The Deep Impact progeny include colts out of American champions Azeri (Jade Hunter) and Ginger Punch (Awesome Again), a filly out of American champion 2-year-old filly Awesome Feather (Awesome of Course) and a half-brother to GI Kentucky Derby and G1 Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). The G1 Fillies Mile winner Listen (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) has twice provided the top lot at this sale, and her Deep Impact yearling colt is catalogued.

The 239-strong foal session includes Deep Impact colts out of Grade/Group 1 winners like Ria Antonia (Rockport Harbor) and Lightening Pearl (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) and a filly out of GI Spinaway S. winner So Many Ways (Sightseeing). King Kamehameha (Jpn) has a filly out of dual Grade I winner Weemissfrankie (Sunriver), while European Champion Sprinter Fleeting Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) has a colt from the first crop of Horse of the Year Maurice (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}).

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